Exhibit 4.01.3
AGREEMENT OF RESIGNATION, APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE, dated as of December 16,
1998 by and among, COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMPANY a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware and having its principal office at
Baltimore, Maryland (the "Company"), CITIBANK, N.A. a national banking
organization duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America and having its principal corporate trust office at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000 ("Resigning Trustee") and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, a national banking association, duly organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America and having its principal corporate trust
office in New York at 000 X. 00xx. Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 ("Successor
Trustee").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, there was originally authorized and issued the securities listed on
Exhibit B in certain aggregate principal amounts listed on Exhibit B
(collectively referred to herein as the "Securities") under a Trust Indenture
(the "Indenture") dated as of December 1, 1996, by and between the Company and
the Resigning Trustee;
WHEREAS, Section 610 of the Indenture provides that the Trustee may at any time
resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company, effective
upon the acceptance by a successor Trustee of its appointment as a successor
Trustee;
WHEREAS, Section 610 of the Indenture provides that, if the Trustee shall
resign, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee;
WHEREAS, Section 611 of the Indenture provides that any successor Trustee
appointed in accordance with the Indenture shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment under the Indenture, and thereupon the resignation of the
predecessor Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all rights,
powers, duties and obligations of the predecessor trustee;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint Successor Trustee as Trustee to succeed
Resigning Trustee in such capacity under the Indenture and Resigning Trustee
shall retain all other appointments under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, Successor Trustee is willing to accept such appointment as successor
Trustee under the Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee, for and in
consideration of the premises and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, hereby consent and
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
THE RESIGNING TRUSTEE
SECTION 1.01 Pursuant to Section 610 of the Indenture, Resigning Trustee hereby
notifies the Company that Resigning Trustee is hereby resigning as Trustee under
the Indenture.
SECTION 1.02 Resigning Trustee hereby represents and warrants to Successor
Trustee that:
(a) No covenant or condition contained in the Indenture has been waived by
Resigning Trustee or, to the best knowledge of responsible officers of Resigning
Trustee's corporate trust department, by the Holders of the percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities required by the Indenture to effect
any such waiver.
(b) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the best knowledge of
responsible officers of Resigning Trustee's corporate trust department,
threatened against Resigning Trustee before any court or any governmental
authority arising out of any act or omission of Resigning Trustee as Trustee
under the Indenture.
(c) As of the effective date of this Agreement, Resigning Trustee will hold no
moneys or property under the Indenture except in its capacity as Paying Agent
and Registrar.
(d) Pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, Resigning Trustee duly
authenticated and delivered, an aggregate principal amount of Securities, of
which the amounts listed on Exhibit B are outstanding as of the effective date
hereof.
(e) Each person who so authenticated the Securities was duly elected, qualified
and acting as an officer of Resigning Trustee and empowered to authenticate the
Securities at the respective times of such authentication and the signature of
such person or persons appearing on such Securities is each such person's
genuine signature.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of
Resigning Trustee and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(g) To the best knowledge of responsible officers of the Resigning Trustee's
corporate trust department, no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or
after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default under Section of
the Indenture.
(h) The Resigning Trustee has lawfully and fully discharged its duties as
Trustee.
SECTION 1.03 Resigning Trustee hereby assigns, transfers, delivers and confirms
to Successor Trustee all right, title and interest of Resigning Trustee, in its
capacity as Trustee only, in and to the trust under the Indenture and all the
rights, powers and trusts of the Trustee under the Indenture. Resigning Trustee
shall execute and deliver such further instruments and shall do such other
things as Successor Trustee may reasonably require so as to more fully and
certainly vest and confirm in Successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts hereby assigned, transferred, delivered and confirmed to Successor
Trustee as Trustee.
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SECTION 1.04 Resigning Trustee shall deliver to Successor Trustee, as of, or
immediately after the effective date hereof, all of the documents listed on
Exhibit A hereto.
ARTICLE 2
THE COMPANY
SECTION 2.01 The Company hereby accepts the resignation of Resigning Trustee as
Trustee under the Indenture.
SECTION 2.02 The Company hereby appoints Successor Trustee as Trustee under the
Indenture to succeed to, and hereby vests Successor Trustee with, all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of Resigning Trustee under the Indenture
with like effect as if originally named as Trustee in the Indenture.
SECTION 2.03 Promptly after the effective date of this Agreement, the Company
shall cause a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit C annexed hereto, to
be sent to each Holder of the Securities in accordance with the provisions of
Section 610 of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.04 The Company hereby represents and warrants to Resigning Trustee and
Successor Trustee that:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly and validly organized and existing
pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b) The Indenture was validly and lawfully executed and delivered by the Company
and the Securities were validly issued by the Company.
(c) The Company has performed or fulfilled prior to the date hereof, and will
continue to perform and fulfill after the date hereof, each covenant, agreement,
condition, obligation and responsibility under the Indenture.
(d) No event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse
of time would become, an Event of Default under Section 501 of the Indenture.
(e) No covenant or condition contained in the Indenture has been waived by the
Company or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, by Holders of the percentage
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities required to effect any such
waiver.
(f) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, threatened against the Company before any court or any
governmental authority arising out of any act or omission of the Company under
the Indenture.
(g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of
the Company and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable
in accordance with its terms.
(h) All conditions precedent relating to the appointment of The First National
Bank of Chicago as successor Trustee under the Indenture have been complied with
by the Company.
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ARTICLE 3
THE SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.01 Successor Trustee hereby represents and warrants to Resigning
Trustee and to the Company that:
(a) Successor Trustee is not disqualified under the provisions of Section 608
and is eligible under the provisions of Section 609 of the Indenture to act as
Trustee under the Indenture.
(b) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of
Successor Trustee and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 3.02 Successor Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as successor
Trustee under the Indenture and accepts the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of Resigning Trustee as Trustee under the Indenture, upon the terms
and conditions set forth therein, with like effect as if originally named as
Trustee under the Indenture; provided however that the Successor Trustee accepts
no liability for any acts or omissions of the Resigning Trustee.
SECTION 3.03 References in the Indenture to "Corporate Trust Office" or other
similar terms shall be deemed to refer to the principal corporate trust office
in New York of Successor Trustee, which is presently located at 000 X. 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
ARTICLE 4
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 4.01 Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context
otherwise requires, all terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 4.02 This Agreement and the resignation, appointment and acceptance
effected hereby shall be effective as of the opening of business on, December
16, 1998.
SECTION 4.03 Resigning Trustee hereby acknowledges payment or provision for
payment in full by the Company of compensation for all services rendered by
Resigning Trustee under Section 607 of the Indenture and reimbursement in full
by the Company of the expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
Resigning Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. Resigning
Trustee acknowledges that it relinquishes any lien it may have upon all property
or funds held or collected by it to secure any amounts due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section of the Indenture. The Company acknowledges its obligation
set forth in Section 607 of the Indenture to indemnify Resigning Trustee for,
and to hold Resigning Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability and expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Resigning Trustee
and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
trust evidenced by the Indenture (which obligation shall survive the execution
hereof).
SECTION 4.04 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.
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SECTION 4.05 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each
of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 4.06 The Company, Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee hereby
acknowledge receipt of an executed and acknowledged counterpart of this
Agreement and the effectiveness thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement of
Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance to be duly executed and acknowledged.
COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Treasurer
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Resigning Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xx
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Name: Xxxxx Xx
Title: Vice President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO,
as Successor Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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